Occupational Therapist - Southern Suburbs at Faircape Group

Occupational Therapist - Tokai OT  (Innate Potential- Sasha Prinsloo Occupational Therapy)

Faircape Health, a division of the Faircape Group, owns and manages six luxury lifestyle villages with state of the art and technologically advanced Healthcare Centres at each village.

We are seeking an experienced and energetic person to fulfil the role of Occupational Therapist at our Tokai Health care centre. We are a 72 bed subacute facility seeing adult patients with different orthopaedic, neurological,surgical and medical conditions.  

The incumbent will be responsible to provide comprehensive Occupational Therapy services to the patients at Tokai Health care centre as inpatients and outpatients. 

If you want to work for a dynamic and reputable company and have a passion for care then this is the job for you. 

Duties include but is not limited to the following:

• Direct intervention tasks: assessment, intervention planning, intervention implementation, group activity planning & facilitation, family meetings, family education & support..
• Record keeping and administrative duties.
• Attend and participate in weekly MDT meetings.
• Ensure quality Occupational Therapy services are provided.
• Meetings and communication.
• Carer training to promote Occupational Therapy services. 
• Team participation in healthcare centre operations: pre-admission, admission, discharge, staff team building, staff evaluation & orientation.

Qualifications 

• Degree in OT and registered as an independent practitioner with HPCSA.
• Malpractice insurance.
• CPD compliance with HPCSA.

Experience and Knowledge 

•  3+ years post community service experience working with the adult population in a physical rehabilitation setting. 
• Experience in working with neurological, orthopaedic and wheelchair seating conditions. 
• Special interests/training in Occupational Therapy in palliative care and Dementia care. . 

Skills and Attributes -

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Compassionate
• Strong communication skills
• Making sound decisions
• Patience
• Flexibility
• Genuine interest to work with the Elderly
• Creative
• Empathy
• Computer literate
• Professional
• Well-spoken and presentable
• Ethical practice